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About chronic secondary pain, and how to treat it. The science, the politics and the lived experience. Click to read Arthritic Chick on Chronic Pain, by Arthritic Chick - Chronic Pain, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Living a non-life - Chronic Secondary Pain
Living a non-life - Chronic Secondary Pain
I am living a non-life. Because health policy in Australia will not allow me to have a more full, more functional, life. Three years ago, in June 2020, my opioid pain medications were force tapered to a dose that no longer manages my pain around the clock. Prior to June 2020, I was capable of […]
New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Flawed Approach to Chronic Pain Management - Pain Patient Advocacy
New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: A Flawed Approach to Chronic Pain Management - Pain Patient Advocacy
CBD oil for high impact chronic pain - my experience so far
CBD oil for high impact chronic pain - my experience so far
Ok, it is far too soon to say this, but I have to admit, I am excited. Two days ago I started CDB oil, prescribed by my pain management doctor, who is at wit’s end with me. My pain has been undertreated for over two years, due to ridiculous arbitrary dose limits that prevent him […]
DRAFT Opioid Deprescribing Guidelines - open for comment until 3rd April
DRAFT Opioid Deprescribing Guidelines - open for comment until 3rd April
Why I am more concerned about COVID now than at the beginning of the pandemic
Why I am more concerned about COVID now than at the beginning of the pandemic
In short, because people are becoming complacent. People are not abiding by lockdown rules. People are refusing to wear masks, refusing to get vaccinated, refusing to social distance. People are protesting because they no longer believe that COVID is dangerous, or even if it is, they are ready to take their chances. Best of all, […]
When family and close friends gaslight and victim-blame
When family and close friends gaslight and victim-blame
My friends and family have all been purged from my life, and all for the same reason. Broadly put? Gaslighting. Victim-blaming. Bullying. Something my mother said to me as she was yelling once again about how right she was and how wrong I was, was that “EVERYONE says the same thing! How can everyone be […]
Living with rheumatoid arthritis – what is a flare (to you)
Living with rheumatoid arthritis – what is a flare (to you)
I’m going to preface this blog post with some important information: There is NOTHING WRONG with comparing our experiences. In fact comparing is one very important way to learn. I really hate people who say “you shouldn’t compare your disease to other people’s” Bull. Comparing is normal. Comparing is how we learn and understand eachother. […]
Living with complex invisible illness and my endocrinologist – April 2021
Living with complex invisible illness and my endocrinologist – April 2021
My endocrinologist is the rudest person I have ever known. Ok, that maybe be overstating it, but she’s certainly the rudest doctor. She’s sarcastic, aggressive, egotistical (“I will not treat a patient who is also seeing another endocrinologist. This is a complete waste of my time”). Well hun, I’ve been seeing you for three years […]
Living with high impact chronic pain and pain management – when your GP is sick
Living with high impact chronic pain and pain management – when your GP is sick
The general public has no idea how vulnerable people who rely on opioid pain relieving medicines are now that opioid hysteria has taken hold in Australia. GPs have been sent letters, professional organisations are warning about the “dangers” of long term opioid prescribing, and these directives are not based on the evidence, not based on […]
Living with RA - I can no longer take the only medication that controls my RA
Living with RA - I can no longer take the only medication that controls my RA
Back in January I had my regular monthly bloodwork done, as I do most months. I get slack sometimes, and two or even three months go by and I skip the bloodwork. I won’t be doing that anymore. In January my liver enzymes were very high, over 20 times normal. This has happened before, back […]
Why is it so hard for me to get opioid pain medications?
Why is it so hard for me to get opioid pain medications?
I have been on opioid pain medications for many years, and my doses have gone up and they’ve gone down, depending on how severe my pain is. After my spinal fusion, exactly a year ago, I initiated a taper, hoping to get off opioids completely. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible, but I did reduce my doses […]
Living with invisible illness - Am I disabled?
Living with invisible illness - Am I disabled?
Am I disabled? This was a question I wrestled with for a long time. Years ago, my rheumatoid arthritis was severe, and the only medication that helped was prednisone. It didn’t get me anywhere near remission, however and I took opioids to help manage the pain. I lived a very impaired life. But was I […]
RA and making friends
RA and making friends
I don’t have many friends. And the people whom I do consider friends, I don’t see very often. Why? Because I struggle to keep up with the day-to-day on my limited upright hours. Most times leaving the house will cost me the day I go out, and another day to recover. Much as it would […]
Living with High Impact Chronic Pain and opioid hysteria
Living with High Impact Chronic Pain and opioid hysteria
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